in the talks to say that a deal could be on the way. us officials have previously said an agreement is closer than ever before. it s believed negotiators have been discussing a multi day truce, aid deliveries and an exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. but the talks, mediated by qatar, are complex, and israel is yet to comment. live now to my colleague mark lowen, who s injerusalem. thank you very much indeed. the families of the 240 or so hostages still held since hamas since the 7th of october are waiting anxiously for news to try to soothe their trauma. there are signs that weight that progress has been made, with the president of the international committee of the red cross and qatar, the country apparently leading negotiations on the release of the hostages. you will remember that the icrc was involved in bringing back four hostages in october. but there is growing anger 0ctober. but there is growing anger here from some family members of hostages on th
policies. how will he slash the budget? how will he reduce the number of ministries by half? we don t know, so consequently it is unclear, but we also don t know who he will have on his team to advise him. it looks pretty much like it is him. it looks pretty much like it is him and he really doesn t have a very deep bench. him and he really doesn t have a very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those really very deep bench. if he can t deliver some of those really radical- some of those really radical promises, what does that mean for the people who voted for him? what does that mean for democracy? good cuestion. does that mean for democracy? good question- most does that mean for democracy? good question. most people does that mean for democracy? (emf. question. most people who voted for him did not vote for his program per se. he never really thought through the dollar. for example, there is a part of his part
thousands of lives at risk through, what it called, the direct and repeated targeting of the hospital. the israel defense forces have not commented specifically on any operation involving the indonesian hospital, but says it continues to target what it calls terrorists and terrorist infrastructure . also the israeli military has released video, which it says supports its claim that hamas was using gaza s biggest hospital al shifa. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies were evacuated from al shifa, in a joint op
good evening. the government s chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick s diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme l aunched by the then chancellor rishi sunak. sir patrick said it was very obvious that it would increase transmission of coronavirus. here s our political editor, chris mason. images from the pandemic. otherworldly moments we ll never forget. lives lost, liberties crushed an unimaginable new normal for a while at least. the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. in his diary in summer